derrotar

/deroˈtaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to defeat

🏳️ de-ROUT-ar: hidden inside is English rout, to crush an army = to defeat

Both come from Latin rupta, broken. Derrotar first meant to break an enemy's ranks and scatter them, and English rout grew from the same root. A routed army is a defeated one.

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